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Alice Cooper is an American rock singer born Vincent Damon Furnier in Detroit in 1948, a pioneer of shock rock whose theatrical stage shows and albums like Billion Dollar Babies (1973) helped define the genre.
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Was Alice Cooper originally a band or one singer?
Alice Cooper was originally the name of a band fronted by Vincent Furnier. Furnier legally adopted Alice Cooper as his own name and began his solo career with Welcome to My Nightmare in 1975.
Which albums define Alice Cooper's classic shock-rock period?
Love It to Death, Killer, School's Out, and Billion Dollar Babies established the original band's early 1970s sound and theatrical reputation. Billion Dollar Babies reached number one in both the United States and the United Kingdom in 1973.
What happens during an Alice Cooper stage show?
His concerts combine hard rock with horror theater, using props such as guillotines, electric chairs, snakes, and straitjackets. The mock execution of the Alice character is one of the show's longest-running devices.
Which Alice Cooper record introduced his solo era?
Welcome to My Nightmare was his first solo album and was produced with longtime collaborator Bob Ezrin. The 1975 concept album follows the nightmares of a boy named Steven and includes Only Women Bleed.
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